BSc, MB ChB, MD, OBE, FRCS(Ed)
Clinical Chair in Surgery
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- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Professor Watson is the Clinical Chair of Surgery at the University and Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He holds an adjunct Chair of Surgery at the University of Southern Denmark and an Honorary Chair of Surgery at the University of St Andrews. He directs the clinical research groups across the Medical School.
He is an honorary consultant general and colorectal surgeon at NHS Highland. Angus trained in Manchester-England, Scotland and New Zealand before being appointed a consultant surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 2005. He moved to Inverness in 2009.
He was awarded an OBE for services to surgery and surgical research in the King's New Year's Honours List in 2006.
Angus's main clinical interests are emergency and colorectal surgery. His research interests are diverse. He is a Chief Investigator of a wide range of national and international clinical trials. He innovations include the Scottish Surgical Boot Camp and he was the architect and clinical lead behind Scotland's colon capsule endoscopy programme (ScotCap). He has over 250 peer reviewed book chapters, publications and conference papers. Angus is a volunteer surgeon for UK-Med and has recently operated in Ukraine (2022/23) and Gaza (2024/25) delivering emergency surgical care in these areas of conflict.
Memberships and Affiliations
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Director of the Clinical Research Groups in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences
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Vice President, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Volunteer Surgeon for UK-Med, the UK's Emergency Medical Team
Latest Publications
Correction to: Expert consensus on best content of a robotic surgical curriculum: a systematic review (Journal of Robotic Surgery, (2025), 19, 1, (721), 10.1007/s11701-025-02893-2)
Journal of robotic surgery, vol. 20, no. 1, 261Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Associations between demographic, clinical and dietary factors and flares in inflammatory bowel disease: the PRognostic effect of Environmental factors in Crohn’s and Colitis (PREdiCCt) prospective cohort study
Gut, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 1491-1504Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Utility of colon capsule endoscopy in colorectal cancer and post-polypectomy surveillance
European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 678-683Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Defining post–colon capsule endoscopy colorectal cancer (pCCECRC)-an International Capsule Endoscopy Research (iCARE) group consensus statement
Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 40, pp. 4548–4557Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Protein misfolding enteropathy predicts and prognosticates neurodegenerative disease years before symptom onset
GastroenterologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prizes and Awards
OBE King's New Year's Honours 2026
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Correction to: Expert consensus on best content of a robotic surgical curriculum: a systematic review (Journal of Robotic Surgery, (2025), 19, 1, (721), 10.1007/s11701-025-02893-2)
Journal of robotic surgery, vol. 20, no. 1, 261Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Associations between demographic, clinical and dietary factors and flares in inflammatory bowel disease: the PRognostic effect of Environmental factors in Crohn’s and Colitis (PREdiCCt) prospective cohort study
Gut, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 1491-1504Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Utility of colon capsule endoscopy in colorectal cancer and post-polypectomy surveillance
European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 678-683Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Defining post–colon capsule endoscopy colorectal cancer (pCCECRC)-an International Capsule Endoscopy Research (iCARE) group consensus statement
Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 40, pp. 4548–4557Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Protein misfolding enteropathy predicts and prognosticates neurodegenerative disease years before symptom onset
GastroenterologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A systematic review of comprehensive Robotic-assisted surgical (RAS) curricula
Journal of robotic surgery, vol. 20, 130Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Colon capsule endoscopy is not yet green: patient-travel carbon costs of CCE versus colonoscopy in rural Scotland
Frontline GastroenterologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Expert consensus on best content of a robotic surgical curriculum: a systematic review
Journal of robotic surgery, vol. 19, 721Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Protein misfolding in the gastrointestinal tract predicts and prognosticates neurodegenerative disease years before symptom onset
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI:
ColoCap: determining the diagnostic accuracy of colon capsule endoscopy compared with standard colonoscopy in patients at risk of colorectal disease: a study protocol
BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 9, e104661Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Hallucination-Aware Multimodal Benchmark for Gastrointestinal Image Analysis with Large Vision-Language Models
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE]
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AI-Assisted Evaluation of Colon Cleanliness in Capsule Endoscopy Videos
Diagnostics, vol. 15, no. 17, 2228Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Patient priorities and decision-making process when choosing between colonic investigation alternatives: a qualitative interview study
BMJ Open Gastroenterology, vol. 12, no. 1, e001602Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Out-of-Distribution Detection in Gastrointestinal Vision by Estimating Nearest Centroid Distance Deficit
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Novel prucalopride-containing bowel cleansing regimen improves completion rates of colon capsule endoscopy
Frontline Gastroenterology, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 269-272Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Factors predicting conversion from colon capsule endoscopy to conventional optical endoscopy—findings from the CESCAIL study
BMC Gastroenterology, vol. 25, no. 1, 363Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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NCDD: Nearest Centroid Distance Deficit for Out-Of-Distribution Detection in Gastrointestinal Vision
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Colon capsule endoscopy: A bitter pill?
Colorectal Disease, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 2121-2123Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Long-term cost-effectiveness of insertion of a biological mesh during stoma-site closure: 5-8-year follow-up of the ROCSS randomized controlled trial
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 111, no. 8, znae159Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Risk of Bowel Obstruction in Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for High-risk Colon Cancer: A Nested Case-control-matched Analysis of an International, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial (FOxTROT)
Annals of Surgery, vol. 280, no. 2, pp. 283-293Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Response article to commentary on our article titled ‘Volvulus of the gastrointestinal tract’
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 85, no. 7, pp. 1Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Volvulus of the gastrointestinal tract
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 190-200Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Colon capsule endoscopy investigation based on faecal haemoglobin concentration in symptomatic patients to detect bowel disease
BJS Open, vol. 8, no. 1, zrae007Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Associations between patient factors and successful colon capsule endoscopy: a prospective cohort study
Colorectal Disease, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 2383-2391Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Management of the Rectal Stump after Subtotal Colectomy Operations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Era of Immunologic Therapy: A Two-Centre Cohort Study
Journal of Digestive Diseases, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 872–878Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Anatomical landmarks localization for capsule endoscopy studies
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 108, 102243Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The incidence of malignancy in the residual rectum of IBD patients after colectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Techniques in coloproctology, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 699-712Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Comprehensive assessment of the management of acute cholecystitis in Scotland: population-wide cohort study
BJS Open, vol. 7, no. 4, zrad073Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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An evaluation of a novel bowel preparation regimen and its effect on the utility of colon capsule endoscopy: a prospective cohort study with historical controls
Techniques in coloproctology, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 665-672Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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English translation and cross-cultural validation of the patient-reported outcome measurement-haemorrhoidal impact and satisfaction score (PROM-HISS)
Colorectal Disease, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 1671-1678Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Study of capsule endoscopy delivery at scale through enhanced artificial intelligence-enabled analysis (the CESCAIL study)
Colorectal Disease, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1498-1505Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Quality Evaluation in Emergency General Surgery
Textbook of Emergency General Surgery: Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies. Springer International Publishing, pp. 569-578, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Evaluation of an Innovative Colon Capsule Endoscopy Service in Scotland from the Perspective of Patients: Mixed Methods Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 25, e45181Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Clinicians’ Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Colon Capsule Endoscopy: Technology Made Simple
Diagnostics, vol. 13, no. 6, 1038Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prevalence of repeat faecal immunochemical testing in symptomatic patients attending primary care
Colorectal Disease, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 1498-1504Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Colorectal Endoscopic Stenting Trial (CReST) for obstructing left-sided colorectal cancer: Randomized clinical trial
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 109, no. 11, pp. 1073-1080Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Artificial intelligence to improve polyp detection and screening time in colon capsule endoscopy
Frontiers in Medicine, vol. 9, 1000726Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Postoperative Packing of Perianal Abscess Cavities (PPAC2): Randomized clinical trial
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 109, no. 10, pp. 951-957Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A colorectal cancer missed by colon capsule endoscopy: a case report
BMC Gastroenterology, vol. 22, no. 1, 258Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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ScotCap - A large observational cohort study
Colorectal Disease, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 411-421Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Emergency General Surgery: Impact of Distance and Rurality on Mortality
BJS Open, vol. 6, no. 2, zrac032Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Reducing surgical site infection rates in colorectal surgery – A quality improvement approach to implementing a comprehensive bundle (CDI-01554-2020.R2)
Colorectal Disease, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 239-239Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
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What holds back colon capsule endoscopy from being the main diagnostic test for the large bowel in cancer screening?
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 168-170Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Follow-up of small and diminutive colonic polyps—How to balance the risks in the COVID-19 era
Colorectal Disease, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 3061-3064Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Reducing surgical site infection rates in colorectal surgery – a quality improvement approach to implementing a comprehensive bundle
Colorectal Disease, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 2999-3007Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Emergency general surgery: Impact of hospital and surgeon admission case volume on mortality
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, vol. 90, no. 6, pp. 996-1002Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Analysis of colectomy rates for ulcerative colitis in pre- and postbiological eras in Lothian, Scotland
Colorectal Disease, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1175-1183Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Simulation for technical skill acquisition in open vascular surgery
Journal of Vascular Surgery, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 1821-1827.e2Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Teaching Surgical Residents in the COVID-19 Era: The Value of a Simulation Strategy
Journal of Surgical Education, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 751-752Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: